Method of making film record cards



Feb 26, 1952 J. F. LANGAN 2,587,022

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lATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 26, 1952 METHOD OF MAKING FILM RECORD CARDS John F. Langan, Washington, D. C., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Film. N File, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application August 14, 1945, Serial No. 610,813

6 claims. (o1. 154-118) This invention relates to the method of making record cards adapted -for mounting microfilm, still and motion picture film, and the like.

In my cO-pending application Serial No. 592,981 led May 10, 1945, I have disclosed a card record system for the classication and cataloging of collections of microfilm, still and motion picture lm, and the like. According to the disclosure of that application, microlms, for example, are mounted in cards perforated for use with electrical card-handling machines, such as sorters, of types that are well known and in general use in business houses.

The present invention relates to the method of making record cards such as may be used in the record card system described in my aforesaid application, and which are adapted lfor mounting thermoplastic microfilm, still and motion picture film, and the like.

While the record cards produced by this invention are particularly adapted for use in the formation of film libraries and the like, for use with well known types of card-handling machines, such as sorters, their use is not so limited and they may be used, i-f desired, in connection with the formation of Ordinary alphabetical or other card index systems, for the individual mounting of transparencies such as result from the development of pictures taken on the so-r called color film, or anywhere it is desired to mount a lm, or the like, on a card for future reference. However, the greatest usefulness of the record cards ofthe present invention vappears at the present time to be in record card systems of the type previously described. In t,

transparencies should be firmly bound and se#k cured to the rec-ord card so that -theyfdo not project from either 'face of the card. As such.,v

cards frequently are stacked by the thousands it also is important that the means for securing the films or transparencies within the apertures in the record cards shall not add to the overall thickness of the card at the place where the V'lm or transparency is mounted. Hence, an;

important feature of the present invention is the production of a record card of the type described in which the film, transparency or the like is so mounted in the aperture inthe V.card-- that the Over-all thickness of the .card attire place of mounting of the lm or the like is not increased to any extent whatever. SuherdsI with ,the lms, etc., mounted in them present no projecting portions which may cause one card to catch on another; neither do they prevent the cards from lying perfectly at against one another rwhen they are stacked.

More specifically, the present invention contemplates a method of making a record card having an aperture therein, with the marginal portions of the card surrounding the aperture rabbeted or otherwise shouldered and a sheet of material extending over the aperture and havingjits margins Asecured to the shouldered portions of the card.

The sheet of material which is secured over the aperture and to which the film is adapted to be secured may have an opening in the center portion thereof ofsuch size that only narrow margins thereof extend over the aperture for mounting the film, or it may be continuous. If the sheet of material is provided with a central opening, such as referred to, it may be of transparent or opaque material but if it is continuous, it vshould be of transparent material so that the lm may be viewed by transmitted or reflee-ted light, or projected. The mounting sheet is advantageously both transparent and provided with the central opening.

In mounting a film in a card having the mounting sheet secured over the aperture in the card, the lm is placed on the mounting sheet, within thev opening, and the marginal portions of the film pressed against the mounting sheet with a hot die for a length of time sucient to cause them to soften and form a plastic-seal with the mounting-sheet. Y v

l; The invention will be further described in connection with the accompanying drawings, but it is to beunderstood that such further descriptionis by way lof exemplication and the invention is not limited thereto, except to the extent set forth in the appended claims.

Inu-the drawings, -Fig. 1 is a plan view yof one end of the record card of the present invention with a thermoplastic film, transparency, or the like mounted CFig. 3 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale illustrating the manner in which a lm, transparency, orthe like, is secured to the mounting sheet, within the aperture in the card; and

narily are .0055 inch thick. Thus, when a lm is mounted in the aperture, as hereinafter' described, the film will lie wholly between the planes ofthe outer surfaces of the card. A If it is desired to remove the central portion of the sheet 'I opposite the aperture 2, it is diedout, or otherwise removed, and advantageously after the sheet has been secured to the card, as in the manner described above, to provide the opening 8. sheet is so removed, a suiiicient portion of the sheet is retained so that the marginal portions 9 will be about one-eighth inch wide al1 around the aperture. Margins of such -width provide adequate mounting surface for the lm 6, while presenting relatively narrow portions to extend over the film.

The cards having the mounting sheet 1 secured thereto may be sold in quantity to those desiring to mount film, transparencies, or the like, in them, or those desiring to mount the iilms, etc., in the cards may secure the mounting sheets 'I to the cards in the mannerv described.

In accordance with the present invention, the

lm 6 is mounted onto the inner surfaces of the inner marginal portions 9 of the sheet l, in a manner similar to that in which the outer marginal portions of -the sheet 'E were bonded to the portions of the card surrounding the aperture.

Thus, when it is desired to mount a film G Within the aperture 2 of the card, the card, withthe sheet 'I secured thereto in the manner described, may be placed face down on an anvil I8, as shown in Fig. 3, and the lm 5 then inserted within the apertue 2 and onto the inner or upper surface of the marginal portions 9 of the sheet 'l'. With the film thus in place within the aperture, a die I9 having edge portions heated by an electrical coil 29, or otherwise, is then pressed against the marginal portions of the upper surface of the film 6 for a length of time sufficient to cause the film 5 to soften at the interface with the marginal portions!! of the sheet 'I and a plastic seal or bond formed between the film and the marginal portions 9 of the sheet 1. l

The temperature to which the marginal portions of the die I4 are heated will depend upon the temperature at which the composition of the sheet 1 softens sufliciently to form a plastic 'seal with ythe card. If the sheet is of cellulose acetate, a temperature in the marginal portions of the die of about 280 F. is adequate to cause sufcient softening of the marginal portions of the sheet to cause a good plastic seal or bond to be formed with the card. Higher or lower temperatures may be used, particularly when the sheet is formed from other thermoplastic materials. Likewise, the temperature to which the edge portions of the die I9 are heated will depend upon the temperature at which the composition of the lm 6 softens sufli'ciently to form a plastic seal with the marginal portions 9 of the sheet `I, or the composition of the sheet 'I softens yto form a plastic seal or bond at the interface with the film 6. If both the film and the sheet are of cellulose acetate a temperature in the marginal portions of the die I9 of about 280 F. is adequate to cause a softening of one or both of the film 6 and marginal portions 9 at the interface to cause the plastic seal to be formed. However, as in the case of the die I 4, higher or lower temperatures may be used, particularly if the film 6 is formed from some other thermoplastic material than cellulose acetate.

ln forming the plastic seal or bond between When the central portion of the the marginal portions of the film 6 and the marginalportions 9 of the sheet 'I care should be taken not to heat the 'central portion of the film 6 to a temperature suiicient to cause it to soften or to effect any emulsion thereon. Thus the die I9 should either have a concaved lower face, as shown at 2| in Fig. 3, or should be provided with a heat-insulated central portion, similar to the heat-insulated central portionl I 6 of the die I4.

From the aforegoing description, it readily will be seen that the present invention provides for easily and quickly securing films, etc., to mounting cards without the use of adhesives and in a manner such that the film and mounting means therefor are contained wholly within the planes of the .opposite faces of the card, so that the overall-thickness of the card, the lm, and the mounting means therefor is no greater at any place than the thickness of the card itself.

The iilm 6 may be microfilm of accounting records, reports of correspondence, microlms or maps, drawings, and the like, frames from motion picture lms,.still picture films, or the like. It may be formed of cellulose acetate, orany other sufciently transparent cellulose' derivatives, regenerated cellulose, resin, or other material which is thermoplastic, or which has thermoplastic margins which may be heat-sealed to the shouldersv II in the manner previously described.

vAs the overall thickness of the card at the place Where the vfilms are mounted is no greater than the thickness of the cards at other places, and as the edges'oi` the lm are firmly bound and secured within the aperture of the card, the cards with the films Vmounted in them may be stacked and handled in the usual card-handling machines, in the same manner as cards without films so mounted in them.

While the present invention is particularly adapted for the mounting of thermoplastic films and other transparencies which may be projected, it is not so limited and contemplates the mounting of paper, cardboard or other pictures,

or the like, the margins of which have been rendered thermo-plastic by a coating of thermoplastic material, or otherwise. Hence, in the appended claims the word film is .used in a broad sense to cover such pictures as Well as films made entirely of cellulose derivatives, regenerated cellulose, resins and the like.

I claim:

1. The method of making a record card for mounting a lm which comprises forming an aperture in the card of such size and shape as to receive a film, placing a sheet of material over the aperture with the marginal portions of the sheet overlying the marginal portions of the card surrounding the aperture, pressing the marginal portions of said sheet against the surface of the card around said aperture until the said marginal portions of the card are reduced in thickness to such an extent that the outer surface of the sheet lies substantially in the plane of said surface of the card, and bonding said marginal portions of the sheet to the marginal portions of the card surrounding the aperture.

2. The method of making a record card for mounting a film which comprises placing a sheet of adhesive material in overlapping relation with respect to the marginal portions of a card dening an aperture of such size and shape as to receive a i'llxn with at least portions of the sheet extending over the aperture, reducing the thickness of the marginal portions. of the card sur-` rounding the aperture by pressing the marginal portions of the sheet onto said marginal p01- tions of said card, and bonding said marginal portions of the sheet to said marginal portions of reduced thickness. Y

3. The method of making a record card for mounting a film which comprises placing a sheet of adhesive material in overlapping relation with respect to an aperture in the card of such size and shape as to receive a lm, reducing the thickness of the marginal portions of the card surrounding the aperture by pressing the marginal portions of the sheet onto said marginal portions of the card, and bonding said marginal portions of the sheet to said marginal portion of reduced thickness, and removing the central portion of that part of the sheet which is opposite the aperture in the card to leave an inner marginal portion of the sheet opposite the aperture to which a lm may be secured.v

4. The method of making a record card for mounting a film which comprisesplacing a sheet of adhesive material in overlapping relation with respect to an aperture in the card of such size and shape as to receive a film, reducing the thickness of the marginal portions of the card surrounding the aperture by pressing the marginal portions of the sheet onto said marginal portions of the card, and bonding said marginal portions of the sheet to said marginal portions of reduced thickness, thefreduction'of thickness of said marginal portions of the card being such that after bonding of the sheet thereto the outer surface of the sheet lies substantially in the plane of the adjacent surface of the card.

5. The method of making 'a record card for mounting a film which comprises forming an aperture in the card of such size and shape as to receive the lrn, placing a sheet of material on one face of the card over the aperture therein with the marginal portions of said sheet overlying the marginal portions of said card surrounding the aperture, said card being of a thickness at least equal to the combined thicknesses of said film and said sheet, placing the combined sheet and apertured card with said sheet uppermost on a plane surface of a rigid support, applying pressure to said marginal portions of the sheet sufficiently to cause lsaidsheet tocompress and reduce the thickness of said marginal portions of the card until the outer surface of the sheet liesv substantially in the plane of said face of the card, and bonding said marginal portions of the sheet to the compressed marginal card portions of reduced thickness.

6. The method of making a record card as defined in claim 1 wherein the sheet is of thermoplastic material and the pressing is effected by a heated die and heat is applied by said heated die to said marginal portions of the sheet while the application of pressure thereto is continued for activating said thermoplastic material to form a plastic bond between said marginal portions of the sheet and said marginal portions of reduced thickness.

JOHN F. LANGAN.

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